0923 Animal Care Operations Manager Supplemental Application
(PBT-0923-073423)
The purpose of this Supplemental Application is to determine your knowledge, skills, and abilities in job-related areas that have been identified as critical for satisfactory performance in this position. This information should be consistent with the information on your application and is subject to verification. The hiring department may review this information as part of their selection process. Keep a copy of your application materials for your own records.
IMPORTANT: Please follow these instructions in responding to the questions below:
- Where appropriate, provide your best or highest examples of work. Please provide all information requested even if the information may appear redundant. Do not write, "See application or resume."
- Please furnish the name of a person who can verify information you provide about your specific experiences. This should be a supervisor, manager, program director or personnel officer who has personal knowledge that you either performed the specific activities or that your position required you to perform such activities. You may use the same person, if appropriate.
- Please be thorough but concise. All of your information must be supplied in the spaces provided.
Are you willing and able to work a variety of rotational schedules, which may include weekends, holidays and mandatory overtime?
Yes
No
Are you willing and able to lift and carry animals, equipment and supplies weighing up to 50 lbs.; and restrain, confine and handle animals weighing up to 90 lbs.?
Yes
No
Are you willing and able to perform general duty labor for extended periods of time?
Yes
No
Are you willing and able to work under adverse conditions with continuous exposure to noise?
Yes
No
Are you willing and able to euthanize animals according to established departmental policies and procedures?
Yes
No
Are you willing and able to feed and care for all types of animals, which may be wild, aggressive, diseased or difficult to control?
Yes
No
Are you willing and able to provide routine and proper care for all types of wildlife (e.g., snakes, skunks, pigeons, raccoons)?
Yes
No
Are you willing and able to work with people from diverse backgrounds, including individuals who may be angry or hostile?
Yes
No
Are you willing and able to clean up animal excrement, and sanitize kennels and/or cages?
Yes
No
Are you willing and able to use a variety of cleaning agents and chemical compounds, which may produce strong or unpleasant odors?
Yes
No
1. Describe your professional experience with animal management. How did you provide care to the clients and animals that came into your shelter/clinic/hospital? Provide a difficult situation you have had handling animals (wild or domestic) while on the job. Please also include any formal training you have had.
2. Discuss the Five Freedoms and assess the strengths and weaknesses of a shelter you’ve worked at as it relates to them.
3. Describe your experience managing staff. What were your specific responsibilities and how you oversaw your employees in an animal operation to ensure it was run properly?
4. Describe an instance when you led a group of people or organizations, who were not your employees, to accomplish a significant project/achievement. What was your approach to accomplishing the goal?
I hereby certify that I am the sole author of this supplemental application and that all information presented is true and based on my background, skills, and experience and is consistent with the information in my employment application. I understand that any false, incomplete, or incorrect statement may result in my disqualification or dismissal from employment with the Department of Technology and City and County of San Francisco. I also understand and agree that any information provided is subject to verification.
Department of Human Resources